Here we are again, Hump day - Wednseday. Well, I’m out of that slump for the most part. Thanks guys for your support – much love! It’s Wed. and I keep thinking today is Thursday. Oh, I almost forgot……no – I didn’t go walking yesterday. I did hang out w/ my mom for about an hour and I could have gone walking a little after 8pm, but I decided not to. My mom seemed to have wanted some company and was feeling in the dumps so I think my very presence cheered here up. Isn’t that crazy? I watched what I ate though. I am doing better with the portions, I think the water helps.
Today is my official – no exercise day, but I may sneak one in if I have time after church tonight. If we get out later than 7:45pm then I probably won’t go. I keep putting Sgt. Harvey’s dvd aside, but I think I will pop it out and just keep it handy by the dvd player –like I use to.
Well, my supervisor just came and asked if I wanted to take time off tomorrow and I accepted (haven’t told family yet) and we already have Friday off (National Holiday). Probably will take in a movie w/ my daughter and do some browsing/window shopping. I hope I don’t pass by CinnaBon in the process. The butter popcorn at the movies will be an issue too, but I know there are always alternatives like eating before leaving or taking a healthy snack w/ me.
My family keeps pushing the issue of having a BBQ for the 4th. I love me some BBQ, but I know how I am. If push comes to shove, then I think I will make a salad w/ all the fixings to take over and eat 1 piece of meat and maybe a side and drink water like crazy. I love BBQ ribs!!!!
I may or may not get to post until Monday. If I don’t, then you all continue to take care of yourselves and have a nice weekend! Thanks so much for the support. It helps and I really appreciate it!
I know i know...the day is not over yet...i so wish that it was all a dream sometimes and i wake up in my late teens or something...well i needed to vent (thanks). i won't go into details or you will be reading a book - i can go into complete details - i know you know that by now from seeing my blogs...let's just say when it rains it pours and if it ain't one thang, it's another...anywho....enough of that - gotta get back into the groove -i'm trying/it's hard. If I stay in this mood when I go home I will not leave the bed nevertheless the house....when i get in my mood i want to be in my pitty party - alone...why don't other people understand that?!?!
Oh well, I did go walking yesterday. It stormed again but the sun came back through and the ground was drying up as I was walking. I know my mom thinks i lost some marbels going walking all of the times. She doesn't live too far from the track so I go to see her before I go most of the times. I was just thinking to myself yesterday as I was walking, I hope i keep this (walking) up (and do better with eating). I'm not too good w/ committments. Not when it comes to exercising and watching what i eat. Well team, if you can keep me in mind, please do. I just want to crawl under the covers and hibernate. Not sure if I'm going walking this evening.
I am not a morning person. Especially a Monday morning person, but I’m not grumpy, I just don’t like loud noises first thing in the morning. And some other people do. That’s ok; I don’t live in this world alone. Oh yeah, the weekend…..um, I did terrible over the weekend. Not totally I guess, but I had some things I should not have had. I did make a point to eat breakfast in the mornings, if only a little something. I didn’t walk at all on Friday, which I planned to, but I did make it Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. Both days were weird, but I’m glad I got out. I kind of look forward to it – I know weird huh. Saturday I got up early, which everyone must have thought that I was trying to live my last day fully before I die on Sunday b/c I never get up early on Saturday unless I’m going on a trip or something. Or doing something exciting – see, I told ya. I do think I bumped my head somewhere. I realized that I should have gotten out there earlier as the sun was just starting to shine full blast it seemed and it was only 8:30am. Told ya I don’t get up early on Saturdays. Anyways, I got out there and met most people leaving. So I walked my 2 miles and decided to do another mile. Before I finished my last 2 laps, a group of ladies in pink came out and flooded the track. Not really, but there aren’t usually that many people out there. So I was like great, I will not finish 3 miles. But I walk around them and finish – despite some heavy perfume – I almost died – lol!!!!
Sunday I went to church and decided to walk that evening. Well, the track I normally walk was crowded by a soccer game, so that was out. So me and my sis (yes my sis) went to another one. This one was more of a cemented trail. It wasn’t level and it was about ½ mile long. It was a workout. I wouldn’t walk it by myself, b/c I don’t feel totally safe by myself. But it will work as a backup.
I haven’t been doing to good w/ my diet though. I think the weekends are evil for this. I started on Friday night and the other 2 days followed suit. However, I will point out that I stuck to my water instead of soft drinks. I may have had a sip or two of soda, but that was it. And not on Friday, but Sat. and Sun.- I did watch my portions. Just have to fight the bad food urges on the weekend – but how???
As I posted yesterday (in post #1 of 2), my friend got her news. It wasn’t anything major. We were thinking that she may be in trouble – bad news or that she may be getting some good news, but it was a false alarm. I hate that when you get called for a meeting by someone really important and you have no idea what it could be about. I couldn’t think of anything she could have done wrong b/c I know she is an honest worker. It was a notice of appreciation, not anything major. What a relief!
I did get to walk yesterday – hurray! The sky looked really bad earlier yesterday, but by the afternoon it cleared some and didn’t even rain when I got to the track. I went by myself this time. And I had a pleasant walk. I think I need to step it up, but I will look into that next week. We will see how that goes.
Ok, here’s the deal with the weigh in. I woke up this morning anxious. I hopped on my scale and I didn’t believe it. So I called my daughter in. She said the same thing, so I’m like yeh – whatever. So I got to work and went to the clinic. Nervous as I don’t know what. I asked the nurse to weigh me instead of weighing myself, which she said I could do. She kept tapping the little block and I got even more nervous. 187 ½ lbs. What! Cool! She probably wanted to point out the BMI chart to me to let me know that I was overweight for my height, but she must have noticed the look on my face as if I were happy.
I’m kind of wondering if the scale at home is accurate. My daughter said 190lb so it was a little off. I think I will buy a digital scale. So I lost 12.5 lbs (give or take 2.5 lbs) since I weighed myself at home last week (on Friday) and came up with 200 lbs for my starting weight. I just know if I buy this digital scale, I will hop on it every day and I don’t want to really. My plan is to lose at least 2 lbs a week.
It’s Friday – my plan is to walk this evening. Keep your fingers crossed. But it wasn’t painful yesterday. I got out there and did my thing and went home. I hope I can keep it up. I’m going to REALLY need support when I get on that scale and I haven’t lost or have gained some weight. We’ll worry about crossing that bridge when we come to it. Have a good weekend everyone!!
Oh before I forget. Remember when I told you we were having pizza Wed. night at church and we didn’t. Well, I was offered some last night. I love pizza hut pizza! Did I say that already –lol. I had a fulfilling lunch so I wasn’t that hungry so I said I will just have a boiled egg. It was handy. Right, well I got a personal pan pizza and ate 2 pieces instead of the whole thing. It was pepperoni and cheese. I should have just did cheese instead or I could have picked them off. I gave the other half away. I drank my bottle of water (got the crystal light packs). And everything was good.
Forgot to say, yesterday, I did not have any doughnuts! Today though, a couple of coworkers decided to walk down to the icecream shop for some frozen yogurt. I thought that I needed to chill after I had the sausage biscuit this morning, so I didn't get any. Oh and I had baked chicken breast (skin on), cabbage, and some black eyed peas for lunch (and a diet dr. pepper). I should have taken the skin off of the chicken, but that is my favorite part. That's all I mostly ate, the skin and some cabbage. Not really any of the peas. If I were home that would be a different story. I just have to sit down and plan my meals. I find that I do much more better when I do that. Also, I will try to bring myself to weigh in tomorrow. I want to get weighed here at the clinic in my building, but not really - I will just stick w/ my bathroom scale until I get that courage to weigh in front of others. I also need to buy some healthy snacks too! And.....make my mind understand that just because I am now walking, doesn't mean that I can eat whatever I want. Thanks for the support guys!
Well, I will be up front w/ you about me if you call it that – I am not a really up front person. I didn’t have such a good day yesterday (I will leave it at that). I did go to church –yipee! They didn’t have the pizza –yipee and not really yippee, but it was a good service. I ended up staying over to my other sister’s house so late that me and my daughter just spent the night. I don’t see her and her kids that much, so that was good. I stayed up kinda late looking at TV so I didn’t even try to do anything. I’m sure if I would have gathered my nephews and starting running in place or doing some kind of activity they would have followed suit –lol! It would have been funny, but I would have been active! I ate a piece of steak about the size of my hand (maybe smaller), not thick though and a piece of corn on the cob. I already told you all about my butter weakness. I put about 2 pieces of butter (and salt and pepper) on the corn before I knew it, man that corn was good. And I had some soda b/c it was there. Not that much b/c I wasted it the first time – must have been a sign! I’m trying to drink water, but I hate the taste. I need to get some of those crystal light packs again – I love those!
Weather is not looking good here today – storms and such (lightening was really bad yesterday evening and the sky is already blue-ish gray). Love the Florida weather! I want to walk again this evening, but it looks like it’s the bootcamp dvd tonight. I’m going to pray that I can get out on the track though.
I had a sausage biscuit for breakfast w/ jelly. I know really bad. I should have at least just ate one side of the biscuit only. I have been drinking water though (bleh).
I didn’t pack my lunch, so have to get something from the cafeteria here (it’s raining out so I’m not leaving the building). Cafeteria food is not that good and is overpriced. I bet I think about bringing my lunch tomorrow!
A friend of mine just called saying that she was called and w/o going into detail, she may have some bad (or good) news around 3:15 today. She called me about 11am this morning so I’m on pins and needles just like I know she is, b/c she hasn’t been given any tip of which way it might go. I hope it’s life changing GOOD NEWS!! FINGERS CROSSED!! Sigh……
I did go walking yesterday. However, my sis. backed out on me at the last minute and I went an hour late. I was disappointed at first, but I knew I had a choice to either go or stay at home and walk on my manual treadmill (dreadmill) or do nothing. Well, my daughter and her friend offered to walk with me. I guess she saw the disappointing look on my face and she fell for it. The sad face really worked. Then again, I am thinking that she might want something.
Anyways, I really wasn’t looking forward to the walking yesterday. So now I feel really good about it. When I got out there on the track, it felt like my thighs were 100 lbs each. My iPod froze up on me before I got on the track and the sun was going down, quickly. Well I did 2 laps and my iPod is back working, but the sun is disappearing. By the 4th lap, I figured that I will just call it a day. It’s getting a little dark and people are leaving. I’m not jeopardizing our safety trying to walk 2 miles. I wish my boyfriend could make it so that I could finish my other mile, but that track will be there tomorrow. I kind of said a little prayer, well it wasn’t that little. I’m about to bring it in on the 5th lap and all of a sudden about 2 cars pull up and 2 people get out of each and start walking. Also, the couple that looked like they were leaving didn’t leave. Great, I get to finish, I get to finish! Also, my boyfriend showed up. Thank God!
At church tonight, we are having pizza from Pizza Hut. Of all days and we haven’t had a pizza party in a year at church. And I love Pizza Hut pizza. Well I plan to just eat one slice. I’m going to just graze on that one piece – slowly. I had a lite breakfast, I have a lite sandwhich packed for lunch and I will drink plenty of water today. I need to do something tonight after I come from church. I can either walk on my manual treadmill (dreadmill) or I have a bootcamp style dvd by Sgt. Harvey (that guy from celebrity fit club). I think I will do the dvd. It gives me a good workout if I do it all the way through. As for my sis. I won’t ask her again to go walking. I will just go and if she joins me, then she joins me. I can walk by myself (and my iPod). I will just make sure to go around 6:30/7pm (before it gets dark). Wish me luck!
P.S. – one of my coworkers just brought in doughnuts. I plan to resist, but can this day get any worse with the food offers??? You have got to be kidding me!!!!!!!
I walked 2 miles w/ my sis again yesterday -yeah!!! I think I can keep it up. I hope I can. Loving this website. I didn't even think I would get any comments, but I did (thanks). I'm having trouble seeing myself at my goal weight. My mind can't seem to even process it. I think back to those days and can remember them, but I can't see myself weighing less. It's like my mind is telling me to accept the way I am. I don't want to be this big. I want to be at a healthy weight and wear clothes that I want to wear. I want to show my arms, wear sleeveless shirts and regular shorts and skirts again. I want this for myself. I know that I would feel better. Thanks for the laughs, support, and advice. Have a good day!
I can't believe I am 200 lbs. It literally sneaked up on me. I was 160 lbs one year - just a little heavy to me, then I became 180. Ok, this is getting big. So let's start paying attention. Well, I paid attention alright. The next time I jumped on the scale, I was 200lbs! YIKES! How did this happen? Has anyone noticed? Why didn't someone tell me??? 200lbs - unbelievable. Well, something has to be done...and fast. Exercise and eat less, how hard can that be? So let's just try and see.....
Sorry, I can't just short change you all like that. I am a 30 yr old female, who has a decent state job and a teenage daughter. I'm not that bad looking when I fix myself up, but lately, it's like I know I am 200lbs and everyone knows it too. To begin with, I never had high self esteem so that has a lot to do with it. But I have to face the ultimate, 200lbs for my height is big and I need to do something about it. I started walking a couple of days ago w/ my sister. I kind of like walking by myself and my ipod, but I don't want to turn her down. We walk 2 miles in about 45 mins at a running track. I am going to shoot for 3 miles and increase as I go. I want to keep that up.
Also, I need to cut back on:
Sodas -usually cokes/butter -on almost everything/ salt/sugar
On one of my physical exams, my dr. said that my cholesterol was border so less fried foods, too.
Water intake needs to increase and watch portions.
Discipline is my main thing. Being consistent is a challenge I have yet to conquer. I know that I can do it, I just have to start. I have to do this!
i won't go into details or you will be reading a book - i can go into complete details - i know you know that by now from seeing my blogs...let's just say when it rains it pours and if it ain't one thang, it's another...anywho....enough of that - gotta get back into the groove -i'm trying/it's hard. If I stay in this mood when I go home I will not leave the bed nevertheless the house....when i get in my mood i want to be in my pitty party - alone...why don't other people understand that?!?! 
And some other people do. That’s ok; I don’t live in this world alone. Oh yeah, the weekend…..um, I did terrible over the weekend. 
Not totally I guess, but I had some things I should not have had. I did make a point to eat breakfast in the mornings, if only a little something. I didn’t walk at all on Friday, which I planned to, but I did make it Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. Both days were weird, but I’m glad I got out. I kind of look forward to it – I know weird huh. Saturday I got up early, which everyone must have thought that I was trying to live my last day fully before I die on Sunday b/c I never get up early on Saturday unless I’m going on a trip or something. Or doing something exciting – see, I told ya. I do think I bumped my head somewhere. I realized that I should have gotten out there earlier as the sun was just starting to shine full blast it seemed and it was only 8:30am. Told ya I don’t get up early on Saturdays. Anyways, I got out there and met most people leaving. So I walked my 2 miles and decided to do another mile. Before I finished my last 2 laps, a group of ladies in pink came out and flooded the track. Not really, but there aren’t usually that many people out there. So I was like great, I will not finish 3 miles. But I walk around them and finish – despite some heavy perfume – I almost died – lol!!!!
I started on Friday night and the other 2 days followed suit. However, I will point out that I stuck to my water instead of soft drinks. I may have had a sip or two of soda, but that was it. And not on Friday, but Sat. and Sun.- I did watch my portions. Just have to fight the bad food urges on the weekend – but how???
What! Cool! 
I was disappointed at first, but I knew I had a choice to either go or stay at home and walk on my manual treadmill (dreadmill) or do nothing. Well, my daughter and her friend offered to walk with me. I guess she saw the disappointing look on my face and she fell for it. The sad face really worked. Then again, I am thinking that she might want something. 
dvd by Sgt. Harvey (that guy from celebrity fit club). I think I will do the dvd. It gives me a good workout if I do it all the way through. As for my sis. I won’t ask her again to go walking. I will just go and if she joins me, then she joins me. I can walk by myself (and my iPod). I will just make sure to go around 6:30/7pm (before it gets dark). Wish me luck!